Garment-support.



wmmow & n. L. DAVIS.

GARMENT SUPPORT.

APPLICATION man MAR.24. 191s.

msmw, Patented Apr. 2,1918.

GARMENT-S UPPOR'I.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatenteolApr. 2, 19918.

Application filed March 24, 1916. Serial No. 86,389.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Enron WITHROW and DAVID LLOYD DAVIS, citizens of the United States of America, and residents of Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented certain new.

and useful Improvements in Garment-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment hangers and particularly to a device for supporting coats and the like.

An object of this invention is to prvide a foldable garment support having the general configuration or slope of the shoulders of a person, the body of the device being formed of fibrous material such as aper or cardboard having interlocking mem ers for holding material in folded position to form a garment support.

A further object of this invention is to provide means whereby a hook is applied to the form so that it may be suspended when the garment is bein hung.

A still furtherob ect of this invention is to provide means whereby trousers or skirts may be suspended from the support when the same are provided with buttons or other hanger engaging members adapted to coact with the means provided for the engagement of such buttons or devices.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein like characters denotecorresponding parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 illustrates a perspective view of the garment support;

- Fig. 2 illustrates a perspective view of the opposite side from that shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 illustrates a vertical sectional view; Fig. 4 illustrates a plan view of the blank prior to being folded;

Fig. 5 illustrates a fragment of the hanger in a partially folded state; and Fig. 6 illustrates a perspective viewof'a fragment of the hanger partially folded.

In producing the hanger or form, I utillze a blank 7 of fibrous material, preferably relatively stiff paper or card= of the win therein for the reception .the wings, when the blank is folded, said blank having arc-shaped slots 'produ.

mer of which has a tongue 10 and the latter of which has a slot 11 to receive the tongue when the blank is folded.

The dotted lines 12,13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 1e, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24., 25 and 2e illustrate folds on which the blank is bent to produce the form and the blank is preferably creased on these lines to facilitate the folding operation. At the intersection of the dotted lines 17,18, 20, 21, 23, 24;, 25 and 26, there is an aperture A which, when the blank is folded forms a clearance for the shank of a hook to be presently described.

The Wings 8 and 9, are further provided with tongues 27 and 28 respectively which enter slots 29 and 30 respectively when the flank is folded.

The blank has two arc-shaped slots or slits 31 and 32 producing tongues 33 which may be bent or. pressed out of alinement with the body of the blank so that buttons on trousers or may be pressed .to lie on the inside as the blank for suspending garments of this character.

The blank is folded on the score lines to produce the shape shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and the manner of folding the several portions of the blank is illustrated in Figs. 3 5 and 6, itbeing understood that when t e blank is folded it is held'in its folded condition by reason of the fact that the tongue I 10 is placed in the slot 11 and the tongues 27 hangers produced in the manner stated are very light and. comparatively inexpensive,

yet afford such strength and durability as to prove efi'ective and satisfactory in use.

We claim: Y

1. In a garment support, a blank of fibrous'materia'l having wings, one of said having a slot therein, a 'tongue on the other wing adapted to enter said slot,

tongues on the. wings, said blank having slots of the tongu esof' openings for the reception of buttons whereby a garment is supported, and a hook secured in the body 0 the hanger.

2. In a garment support, a blank of fibrous material having Wings, one of said wings having a slot therein, atongue on the other wing adaptedtoenter said slot, tongues on the wings, said blank having slots for the reception of the said tongues of the Wings when the blank is folded, said blank having arc-shaped slots producing openings for the reception of buttons whereby a garment is supported, said blank being foldable to form a pocket, a hook having a triangular end lying in the pocket and adapted to engage the walls of said pocket, said hook extending through the upper edge of the hanger.

In testimony whereof, we afiix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

ELTON wrrnnow. 1). LLOYD DAVIS.

Witnesses:

S. H. HAINEs, J. H. RANKIN. 

